Lower School Full STEAM Ahead
by Lee Shawver, Design Technology Teacher & Full School Tech Assistant The QAIS Design Department has expanded into the Lower School and is now serving students from Grade 1 to 12 (DP 2)! At QAIS, we are inquirers, investigators, and innovators; and now students have more opportunities to develop those skills with science, technology, engineering, […]
LITTLE SHOP – BIG CAST!
By Josh Hatt Auditions this week have delivered a fantastic cast of students ready to take to the stage in this year’s Secondary musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. More than 30 Upper School students from QAIS and AWS (Annie Wright High School) lined up in pairs hoping to score a role in this year’s MYP […]
21st CENTURY COMMUNICATORS
By Comine Howe MYP 5 students were collaborative communicators, using smartphone photos to create their Photo Poetry. Hazel Lee, MYP English, introduced the Korean trend ‘DiCa-Poetry’ to her MYP 5 (Grade 10 Class) and had students creatively thinking about poetry. DiCA Poetry is short for digital camera poetry; where personal photos are used to write […]
RISK-TAKERS ROCK AT ROBOTICS 敢于冒险—QAIS学生勇闯机器人大赛
2nd PLACE AT THE WORLD ROBOTICS CONFERENCE The QAIS Robotics Team came in 2nd Place at the World Robotics Conference in Beijing (Aug 20-25)! The Team of Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 8 & Grade 7 students, under the leadership of Coach Jack, was invited to this exclusive Regional Champions Only-tournament. Over 1000 teams from […]
Parent-Teacher Association Sets the Bar High with Champagne & Canapé Evening
“This is what we want to achieve as the PTA moving forward; collaboration, connection, innovation, closer bonds and much more” – Parent-Teacher Association Heads This school year was a year of firsts. Last Saturday evening, QAIS saw its first parent-led Parent Teacher Association, headed by four dedicated moms, Aslene Kho, Kun Zhai, Alexandra Schroeter and […]
U15 Football Tournament Season Wrap Up
The U15 Boys and Girls Football team competed at the Qingdao International Sports Network football tournament on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Qingdao International School. Our teams entered the tournament as young teams and competed against highly skilled, competitive teams. Our Boys, led by Coach Lwazi, were the youngest team in the tournament and […]